Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)

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Established 1910 Type Jewish Founded 1910		Country United States Website Mount Moriah Cemetery Phone +1 201-943-6163

Location 685 Farivew AvenueFairview, Bergen County, New Jersey Address 685 Fairview Ave, Fairview, NJ 07022, USA Similar Fairview Cemetery, Mt Zion Cemetery, Cedar Park and Beth El Cemeteries, Riverside Cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausol

Mount Moriah Cemetery is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades, nearby the Fairview Cemetery.

Moriah (Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה‎, Modern Moriyya, Tiberian Môriyyā) (Arabic: مروة Marwah) is the name given to a mountain by the Book of Genesis, in which context it is the location of the sacrifice of Isaac.

Notable interments

Pesach Ackerman (1928–2013), Rabbi of Meseritz Synagogue

Robert P. Grover (1916–1942), first Jewish serviceman from Jersey City to die in WWll

Russell Harding (d. 2008), New York City administrator

Arthur George Klein (1904–1968), United States Representative (NY)

Ira Rubin (1930–2013), American professional contract bridge player

References

Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey) Wikipedia

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